Sahara Quotes

“the engine cranked over with a reluctant shudder before settling into an uneasy idle that sounded like monkeys banging on a pan with hammers.”
― Russell Blake, Sahara

“Leo, your job is to make the impossible happen. Not best efforts. Not close, but no cigar. You’re to carry out your orders, or die trying.”
― Russell Blake, Sahara

“all know the purpose for it, and it has nothing to do with security. The only way to keep the population under control is to keep everyone afraid – of each other, of illegal immigrants, of Russia, of China, of terrorists, of North Korea, whatever. We’ve got three hundred fifty million guns floating around out there. Can you imagine what would happen if everyone wasn’t at each other’s throats or scared of their own shadow? They’d turn their attention on us and want to know what they’re getting for tens of trillions of their money siphoned off. So no, don’t expect the TSA or border patrol or customs to do anything meaningful. That’s never been their function.”
― Russell Blake, Sahara

“Music that sounded like a cat being stuffed into a wood chipper howled from the radio”
― Russell Blake, Sahara